A toilet blown to piecesSubmitted by Iwannasexdiofrfrogog t3_10ogmiv in pics
hatsuseno t1_j6fqalc wrote
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Sodium is quite reactive, but not explosively so unless the entire reaction happens in a sealed container, not oil cloth. I call BS.
SteveMcQwark t1_j6fubm0 wrote
hatsuseno t1_j6fwnx6 wrote
Yeah, looks really impressive, but a pound is not a lump. Add to that that in order to create a shock wave sufficiently strong to shatter porcelain outright in an open bowl you need something that really detonates, not the deflagration of hydrogen in an oxygen atmosphere. And no, putting the lid down doesn't change this sufficiently to matter.
SteveMcQwark t1_j6fwxrf wrote
You can absolutely blow up a toilet with sodium (videos of this exact thing exist on the internet). But yeah, if it's just a small piece, it probably won't happen.
chandz t1_j6h94tx wrote
From what I remember it was the school master store so could have been a large lump, plus we also had other -iums so could bave been lithium. It was 30 years ago FFS. But i do remember the toilet was blown apart.
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